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Amnesty International releases brief on U.S. tasers
11 October 2007, 12:13PM
Amnesty International has published the text of its briefing to a US Justice Department inquiry into deaths following discharges from tasers and similar electrical weapons.
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Release Amnesty International staff in Gambia
10 October 2007, 12:30PM
Amnesty International today called for the immediate and unconditional release of its two delegates and a local journalist who was detained with them in the Gambia.
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Fifteen people executed in Afghanistan
10 October 2007, 10:28AM
We condemned the executions of 15 people on Sunday 7 October 2007 in Afghanistan. The 15 men were executed by firing squad at the Pul-i Charkhi high security prison outside Kabul. They had been charged with a variety of offences including rape, murder, attacking security posts, robbery and looting.
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U.S. should seek human rights for Mexico with anti-drug aid package
8 October 2007, 02:39PM
According to press reports the U.S. government is soon to announce a massive aid package to Mexico to fight the war on drugs. Proposed funding will most likely go to Mexican law enforcement agencies and not to necessary human rights safeguards.
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Join the global action by taking part locally
4 October 2007, 04:33PM
Amnesty International, in partnership with other organisations worldwide, has called for a second round of global action this weekend.
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Azerbaijan urged to release imprisoned journalist
4 October 2007, 10:52AM
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about allegations concerning the recent seizure, beating and imprisonment by police of opposition journalist Hakim Eldostu Mehdiyev, and the subsequent persecution of his relatives, in the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan in Azerbaijan.
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AI condemns unlawful killing of 15 year-old boy by Taleban
4 October 2007, 10:49AM
Amnesty International condemns the hanging of a 15 year-old boy by the Taleban on 30 September 2007.
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Conscientious objector at risk of imprisonment
4 October 2007, 10:10AM
The Turkish authorities must recognise and guarantee the right to conscientious objection, Amnesty International said on the eve of a trial that may send a conscientious objector to prison.
Yoko Ono celebrates with Amnesty International
26 September 2007, 11:01AM
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Yoko Ono has paid a visit to Amnesty International's London headquarters to celebrate the success of the Make Some Noise/Instant Karma album. The record has helped focus global attention on the human rights crisis in Darfur.
UN Security Council must deploy urgent mission to Myanmar
26 September 2007, 09:33AM
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The United Nations Security Council must immediately send a mission to Myanmar, said Irene Khan, Amnesty International's Secretary General.
Amnesty International condemns the assassination of Lebanese MP
21 September 2007, 10:04AM
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Amnesty International condemns in the strongest terms the murder of Lebanese Member of Parliament Antoine Ghanem in a bomb attack on Wednesday 19 September, which is reported to have killed at least six other people, and calls for those responsible to be brought to justice.
Masked bandits run riot in Central African Republic
20 September 2007, 10:52AM
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Gangs of armed bandits are terrorising the population of the Central African Republic (CAR) as the region is torn apart by violence and lawlessness. The masked outlaws - known locally as "Zaraguinas" - have become stronger and better organised than government forces, leaving local people increasingly vulnerable to grave human rights abuses.
Inhuman conditions for 2 prisoners in Louisiana must end
20 September 2007, 10:18AM
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Amnesty International has called on the Louisiana authorities to end the extended isolation endured by two prisoners in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for more than 28 years, describing their treatment as "cruel, inhuman and degrading".
Mass detentions of dissidents continue in Eritrea
19 September 2007, 12:08PM
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A year after Amnesty International called on President Issayas Afewerki to explain the fate of prominent prisoners of conscience, held in secret since 2001 and possibly dead, including some of the president's closest allies in the Eritrean liberation struggle, the Eritrean government remains impervious to human rights enquiries and appeals.
Amnesty International concerned at use of tasers in Florida
19 September 2007, 11:41AM
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Amnesty International is deeply disturbed by video footage showing a student being tasered by police during a meeting held by US Senator John Kerry at the University of Florida yesterday.
Freedom of expression under attack in Egypt
17 September 2007, 02:58PM
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The recent sentences handed down by an Egyptian court on 13 September against four editors are part of a concerted campaign by the authorities to stifle criticism and reflect the urgent need for a revision of the country's controversial press law.
Human rights organisation denied registration at meeting in Europe
17 September 2007, 02:36PM
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Amnesty International learned that the human rights organisation Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RChFS) had been denied registration at an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) high-level meeting on victims of terrorism which took place in Vienna on 13 and 14 September.
Urgent call for the US to review the “Jena Six” case
13 September 2007, 10:38AM
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Amnesty International (AI) has written to the US Justice Department to express concern about claims that charges filed against six black high school students in Jena, Louisiana, (known as the "Jena Six") reflected a pattern of unequal treatment of black and white youths in the town.
Saudi Arabian brothers must not be punished for human rights activities
10 September 2007, 05:08PM
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Dr 'Abdullah al-Hamid, a writer and former professor of contemporary literature in Riyadh, has been summoned to appear before a court on 10 September 2007. Amnesty International fears that he will not be given a fair trial and receive a harsh punishment because he asked police to justify their request to search the home of his relative.
Urgent need for protection of journalists in Somalia
10 September 2007, 04:06PM
Journalists in Mogadishu and other parts of Southern Somalia are at higher risk of violence this year on account of their reporting than ever before.
A policeman's job is to protect all citizens, even those he or she doesn't like. I'd have thought that a pretty basic concept.
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